Extremely lucky to have been able to travel to Rio for #CogSci2026 to give a talk about our work with @boruttrpin.bsky.social on coherence as a norm of evidence sharing. escholarship.org/uc/item/9zc2...

The syllabus for my course Philosophy of Scientific Communication is now available here. Please share to anyone who might be interested in teaching a course like this (and kindly give me an acknowledgment if you use it): drive.google.com/file/d/1LDKY...

David Colaço@davidcolaco.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Several people seemed interested in my Philosophy of Scientific Communication course, so here is my schedule of readings. Thanks to everyone for their help; I hope to get to additional topics mentioned using these as the anchors:

The Journal of Mathematical Philosophy is now open for submissions! It is fully open access, with no fees for authors or readers. Please help spread the word, and do consider sending us your work. Very happy to be part of the inaugural editorial board. mathematicalphilosophy.org/mathphil

"Why Coherence Matters" Volume 123, Issue 1, January 2026 Stephan Hartmann and Borut Trpin Pages 35-62 doi.org/10.5840/jphi... #philosophy #philsky

Why Coherence Matters - Volume 123, Issue 1, January 2026

Explicating the concept of coherence and establishing a measure for assessing the coherence of an information set are two of the most important tasks of coherentist epistemology. To this end, several ...

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Why Coherence Matters (with @stephanhartmann.bsky.social) is now online first in The Journal of Philosophy. We argue that coherence matters because, when more direct evidence is unavailable, the way information hangs together can be a good guide to truth. doi.org/10.5840/jphi...

Why Coherence Matters - published on April 28, 2026

Explicating the concept of coherence and establishing a measure for assessing the coherence of an information set are two of the most important tasks of coherentist epistemology. To this end, several principles have been proposed to guide the specification of a measure of coherence. We depart from this prevailing path by challenging two well-established and prima facie plausible principles: Agreement and Dependence. Instead, we propose a new probabilistic measure of coherence that combines basic intuitions of both principles, but without strictly satisfying either of them. It is then shown that the new measure outperforms alternative measures in terms of its truth-tracking properties. We consider this feature to be central and argue that coherence matters because it is likely to be our best available guide to truth, at least when more direct evidence is unavailable.

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New paper in Philosophical Studies (with @stephanhartmann.bsky.social): We answer recent critiques of probabilistic measures with a coherence-based approach: explanatory power = how well the explanatory package coheres with the explanandum vs its negation. doi.org/10.1007/s110...

Coherence-based measures of explanatory power - Philosophical Studies

Philosophical Studies - Recent critiques have cast doubt on the viability of probabilistic measures of explanatory power. We respond by developing a coherence-based family of measures that...

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Rationality and normativity conference in Hradec Králové, deadline for abstracts end of March ff.uhk.cz/rationalitya...

How do paradigms structure inquiry today? Our symposium Paradigms, Progress, and Conceptual Change (Maribor, 3–4 Dec 2026) revisits Kuhn in light of current work across epistemology, philosophy of science, AI, and beyond. Abstracts due 20 September. philevents.org/event/show/1...

Paradigms, Progress, and Conceptual Change

The Department of Philosophy at the University of Maribor is pleased to announce an international symposium reflecting on the enduring legacy of Thomas Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific Revolut...

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New paper with @stephanhartmann.bsky.social forthcoming in Philosophical Studies: "Coherence-Based Measures of Explanatory Power." Recent work questions probabilistic measures of explanatory power. We propose a coherence-based alternative that avoids the worries. philsci-archive.pitt.edu/28483/

I recently added an entry on the @eenphilsci.bsky.social blog: a bit of my story from early international experiences to my current work on coherence and reasoning, and what it’s like building philosophy of science here in Central & Eastern Europe. eenps.weebly.com/blog/borut-t... #philsci

Borut Trpin

What is your current role and how did you get here? I am currently an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Ljubljana, with affiliation also at the University of Maribor. My path...

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We conceived this series to put into words the experience of #philsci researchers from Eastern n Central Europe. There are 2 entries from @boruttrpin.bsky.social and @danielkostic.bsky.social Thanks to both! These are stories of success and resilience, but read about the darker sides too and learn.

Daniel Kostic@danielkostic.bsky.social · 5mo ago

In the new @eenphilsci.bsky.social blog I tell my origin story, my current projects, and some of my struggles. eenps.weebly.com/blog/daniel-... Thank you @annaalexandrova.bsky.social and @gabrieltarziu.bsky.social for inviting me to share it. #philsci

This paper (with @martinjustin.bsky.social) grew out of the Miščević memorial conferences in Rijeka and Maribor and connects Nenad's idea of reflective luck to our coherence modeling work. It was recently published in Analiza. Link here if of interest: journals.um.si/index.php/an...

Submissions open for PSA Biennial Meeting Contributed Papers, deadline March 15, & Posters, due by June 1, 2026. PSA 2026 is in San Diego November 19 - 22, 2026 #HPS psa26.oa-event.com www.philsci.org/psa_2026.php

📣 Letter with the latest updates on EPSA2027 *and* EPSA2029, changes in the steering committee, the proceedings for EPSA25, and more... #philsci

Excited to share that EPSA 2029 will take place in Ljubljana! 🎉 Big congrats to the Warsaw team for hosting EPSA 2027 too! @epsaphilsci.bsky.social @mmilkowski.bsky.social @hgreif.bsky.social

She uses the bristled end of a deck brush on her back and hindquarters, using repeated place-and-pull motions. For more sensitive areas such as the belly flap, udder, and anal region, she switches to the stick end, using careful, repeated poke-and-lift movements. See video link: youtu.be/bAk4PFEuWKQ

Flexible use of a multi-purpose tool by a cow

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2 year Postdoctoral Research Fellow opportunity at the University of St Andrews on my project "Aesthetic Values and the Social Dimensions of Science" www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... #philosophy #philsci

@boruttrpin.bsky.social and I have a new paper out in Philosophical Quarterly. We had both written on how inference to the best explanation could work with uncertain evidence. So we teamed up to test some suggestions for how to do that using computer simulations: academic.oup.com/pq/article/d...

Testing abductions from uncertain evidence

Abstract. Inference to the Best Explanation (IBE) is traditionally conceived of as a rule of inference, in which one infers to the hypothesis that provides

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Good news: The deadline for submissions to the EJPS TC “Understanding Climate Change: A Multifaceted Inquiry”, which I’m co-editing with Borut Trpin, has been extended to March 1, 2026. Please share with anyone who might be interested! More info here: link.springer.com/collections/...

The deadline for the EJPS TC "Understanding Climate Change: A Multifaceted Inquiry" which Gabriel Târziu and I are guest editing has been extended to *March 1, 2026.* Consider submitting a paper if your research fits our call and please share the info! More info: link.springer.com/collections/...

Gabriel Tarziu@gabrieltarziu.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Quick reminder: the deadline for submissions to the EJPS TC “Understanding Climate Change: A Multifaceted Inquiry”, which I’m co-editing with @boruttrpin.bsky.social, is December 1, 2025. Please share with anyone who might be interested! More info here: link.springer.com/collections/...

A funded PhD position in philosophy of science: AI in scientific problem solving. At @helsinki.fi @tint-philosophy.bsky.social #philsci jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

Doctoral Researcher, Philosophy of science: AI in scientific problem solving

Doctoral Researcher, Philosophy of science: AI in scientific problem solving

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Learned recently that Gerd Gigerenzer appears in a 1974 Volkswagen Golf ad - and with a banjo, no less! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pxss...

Original TV ad for VW Golf with The Munich Beefeaters Dixieland Band

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The 2026 application round for the MA in Logic and Philosophy of Science at @lmumuenchen.bsky.social is now open. Please help us spread the word. www.philosophie.lmu.de/en/study/deg...

Master in Logic and Philosophy of Science

Our Master (MA) program in Logic and Philosophy of Science was founded in October 2012. It is an international MA program of the Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Religious Studies at L...

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New on the Archive: Sikimić, Vlasta (2025) Fair or Flawed? Rethinking Grant Review with Generative AI. [Preprint] https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/27232/

What a successful kick-off of the PSA around the World - Eastern Europe! So many super interesting talks. Kudos to @tmarvan.bsky.social, @magdalenamalecka.bsky.social, @philsci.bsky.social and @eenphilsci.bsky.social for such a great job at organizing it! Looking forward to the next one on 14 Nov.

Anna Alexandrova@annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Check out the schedule of the online conference PSA Around the World Eastern Europe (pm of Nov 6,14,22). A collaboration between @philsci.bsky.social and @eenphilsci.bsky.social it showcases #philsci from, about, and otherwise connected to the region. Wonderful names and titles, looking forward!

Excited (and a bit daunted) to be part of a remarkable keynote lineup at Theoretical Rationality and Practical Reason conference at Sofia University next May. Abstract submissions are open until January 1, 2026. philevents.org/event/show/1...

Theoretical Rationality and Practical Reason

The division of theoretical and practical philosophy was codified by Kant, who set aside the kingdom of natural necessity and the kingdom of moral ends. The last centuries saw gradual erosion of this ...

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How to conceptualise research environments for transdisciplinary work? How do researchers negotiate such spaces, and with which implications for knowledge produced? @rosetrappes.bsky.social and I answered by proposing the idea of "multiplex research environments"! See: rdcu.be/eN8ie #philsci

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Nonmonotonic Logic

Cambridge Core - Logic - Nonmonotonic Logic

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Just published: Coherence as a Constraint on Scientific Inquiry, Synthese (with @martinjustin.bsky.social). TL,DR: coherence considerations can be good or bad in scientific inquiry. Our paper suggests how to determine when it is the former rather than the latter. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Coherence as a constraint on scientific inquiry - Synthese

We investigate the epistemic role of coherence in scientific reasoning, focusing on its use as a heuristic for filtering evidence. Using a novel computational model based on Bayesian networks, we simulate agents who update their beliefs under varying levels of noise and bias. Some agents treat reductions in coherence as higher-order evidence and interpret such drops as signals that something has gone epistemically awry, even when the source of error is unclear. Our results show that this strategy can improve belief accuracy in noisy environments but tends to mislead when evidence is systematically biased. We explore the implications for the rationality of coherence-based reasoning in science.

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Quick reminder: the deadline for submissions to the EJPS TC “Understanding Climate Change: A Multifaceted Inquiry”, which I’m co-editing with @boruttrpin.bsky.social, is December 1, 2025. Please share with anyone who might be interested! More info here: link.springer.com/collections/...

Understanding Climate Change: A Multifaceted Inquiry

Climate change is one of the most pressing challenges of our time. Addressing it requires an unprecedented level of collaboration and engagement between ...

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